X-Files cast back in Vancouver to shoot season 11 of series revival

Mon, Aug 7: Traffic in Downtown Vancouver is blocked for several days this week for the shooting of Deadpool 2, starring Ryan Reynolds. As Aaron McArthur reports, it’s just the latest in a series of shoots that look to make 2017 a record year for the number of productions around B.C.

Industry watcher Susan Gittins, who pens HollywoodNorth.Buzz and @YVRShoots, said the pair — along with Mitch Pileggi who plays FBI Assistant Director Walter Skinner — have already been active on social media.

“David Duchovney started tweeting that he was in Vancouver on Thursday, didn’t say where he was, but it was recognizable mostly from the wildfire smoke,” she said.

Gittins said shooting is set to kick off on Tuesday in Vancouver’s Fairview Slopes neighbourhood.

And she said there is good news for any X-Files superfans hoping to catch a glimpse of the cast while they’re here in town.

“It’s 10 episodes long, this new event series, whereas before I think we only got six. So this is quite a long run and they’ll be with us until almost Christmas. December 21 is when they’re expected to wrap,” she said.